From: "N.C. Hastings"
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 990317
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 23:06:01 -0700
                 Apache Point Observatory, Sunspot, NM
                      Wednesday, March 17th, 1999
                     3.5-meter Night Observing Log
                                Actual
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ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)       INSTRUMENT     DATE     START  FINISH
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M.Marley       C.Gelino          SPIcam         3/17     --:--  --:--
Strauss        X.Fan             DIS            3/17-18  --:--  --:--
Frieman        Frieman           DIS            3/18     --:--  --:--
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 INST       SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     DAY   NOTUSED
I/RS/DN   START  FINISH    D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
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NM??/R    19:35  21:45    2.2   -    0    -    0    -    0    0    -
PU01/R    21:45  00:10    2.4   -    0    -    0    -    0    0    -
UC04/R    00:10  04:51    4.7   -    0    -    0    -    0    0    -
               -------------- Activity Log --------------
1st Half Observing Specialist: N.C.Hastings
	The telescope was not opened due to thick cloud cover, snow, ice and
high winds. The snow program was running all day and the altitude
motor was disabled allowing the telescope to remain tied down. Due to
the dangerous road conditions Karen did not come in and the telescope
was parked at the end of my shift for the night. I filled the
instruments before leaving and Karen said that she would be in early
the next day, around 12pm, to make the next fills. If she is unable to
come up on Thursday could someone please take care of this, I will be
in Seattle. Thanks.
	To help utilize some of this down time, Connie Rockosi worked on the
echelle a bit for Shu-i. They got a few hours of useful test
exposures.
2nd Half Observing Specialist: --- None ---
                               FOCUS LOG
                            March 17th 1999
                  Best    Telescope    Temp      Wind          Seeing
Time  Instrmnt   Focus      Az  El   Air/Truss  Dir MPH  filter FWHM"
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          ----------   NO FOCUS DATA THIS EVENING ---------
                              WEATHER LOG
                            March 17th 1999
                                  Wind
     Time   Temp-F Dewp-F MPH   Direction    Dust      Sky      Precip
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     16:01    22    21     11   181  (S)      257     Cloudy     Snow
     17:01    23    21      9   170  (S)      208     Cloudy     Snow
     18:01    24    23      0   197  (SSW)    212     Cloudy     Snow
     19:01    24    21     16    73  (ENE)    218     Cloudy     Snow
     20:01    25    25     19    56  (NE)      60    Ptly Cldy   None
     21:01    25    24     17    73  (ENE)     62     Cloudy     Snow
     22:01    25    24     23    66  (ENE)     22     Cloudy     Snow
     23:01    24    23     17    79  (ENE)     32     Cloudy     Snow
note: the wind was coming from the azimuth listed.  The convention
used is north=0 degrees, east=90 degrees. The dust count is for the
particles > 1 micron per 0.1 cu.ft.
                            TELESCOPE STATUS
Primary, secondary, and tertiary mirrors in place and collimated.
Primary support system operational. Mirror ventilation system in
place.  Telescope drives operational. Current Remark version: 2.54b4
Current guide software version: GIm Ctrl v3.0b 17.out
-  NCH